Find your Second Home

Take the first step toward an exciting future. Explore our beautiful campus, connect with the friendly people who will help you reach your goals, and experience the energy that makes Bridgewater feel like home.

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Experience Bridgewater

When you visit campus, you’ll immediately see the Bridgewater family in action: students eating with a professor in the dining hall, the crowds cheering at athletic events, the President chatting with students on the campus mall. Because of these connections, you’ll be prepared for life after college. Experience Bridgewater College for yourself.

Private College Experience, Public College Price

Private College Experience.
Public College Price.

A college degree is one of the best investments you can make in your future. And at Bridgewater College, we’re getting real about the cost of tuition. Too many people don’t look at a college because they think it costs too much. So beginning in 2024, we’re lowering our tuition price to $15,000. Learn how Bridgewater is getting real about tuition.

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Academics

We’ll help you expand the way you think and connect what you’re studying in one class to the lessons you’re learning in another.

Advising & Support Study Abroad & Away
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Know you Belong

When you visit our campus, you’ll see exactly what makes Bridgewater such a special place.

Campus Events: Open Houses Saturday Group Visits
Bridgewater and Surrounding Area Live Here

Financial Aid and Scholarships

Did you know that 100% of first-year, full-time students receive financial assistance? Explore the scholarship and grant opportunities available to you.

A college education is one of the most important investments you can make in yourself.

Find an estimate of your costs and available financial aid with our calculator.

Scholarships support your journey to an affordable, transformative education.

Recent News and Events

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Two Bridgewater Alumni Climb to New Heights

Ashley Smith ’85 has been hiking for much of his life, and a chance encounter with the first Virginian to summit Mount Everest inspired him…

Christopher Michael ’14 Takes His Creativity to Another Level
Christopher Michael ’14 Takes His Creativity to Another Level

Meet Christopher Michael ’14, an art teacher at East Rockingham High School in Elkton, Va., who has taken his creativity to another level—and a new…

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Professor of the College Dr. Carol Scheppard Fulfills Her Pipes Dream

The sounds coming from Professor of the College Carol Scheppard’s small farm in Mount Sidney, Va., are not what you’d expect. Scheppard’s rescue animals—a miniature…

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Alumni Spotlight

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Two Alumni Follow Path from BC to the Lab

When Nick Sherman ’90 was an undergraduate student at Bridgewater in the late 1980s, his professors in the Department of Chemistry drilled into him the three pillars of scientific research: measurements, data analysis and dissemination.